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Boys & Girls: J4 Oslo, Norway, hard indoor (Week 8)
(Preview)
Norwegian tournaments at half-term attract a big British contingent, and we have had some winners here in recent years. Boys R1 (L32) Hugo Regner (SWE) v Matthew Rutter Damien Silvestre (FRA) v (7) Joel Pierleoni (3) Arthur Fery v (WC) Jon William Karlstad (NOR) Harry Lazell v (Q) Daniel Bagnolini (...
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1892
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Boys: J3 Almetievsk, Russia, hard indoor (Week 8)
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Not many non-Russians have travelled here, but one of them is James Story R1 (L32) (3) James Story v Egor Novikov (RUS)
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1352
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Boys: JA Porto Alegre, Brazil, clay (Week 8)
(Preview)
Blu Baker ensures British representation in the second Grade A of the year R1 (L64) Blu Baker v (13) Toby Alex Kodat (USA)
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Boys & Girls: 2019 Tennis Europe Winter Cups (U12/U14/U16)
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The Winter Cups season has started this weekend with qualifying for the under 12s final. Both our teams have made it through. The girls cruised past Slovenia and Switzerland for the loss of 7 & 5 games respectively. Hephzibah Oluwadare and Mingge Xu played singles, backed up by Lily Harper. T...
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4470
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Other events - week 7
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Turkey, G4: R1 (L64) BOYS:Derin ACAROGLU (GBR) 6-4 3-6 6-2 Nikola KIJAC (SRB) [15]Lui MAXTED (GBR) 7-5 6-3 Gokberk SARITAS (TUR)(q) Charlie MILLER (GBR) 6-0 6-0 Mihai URSULEANU (ROU)Felix GILL (GBR) [2] 6-1 6-0 Toprak AVCIBASI (TUR)Furkan KARABUL...
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Boys & Girls: J2 Tunis, Tunisia, hard (Week 5)
(Preview)
Last week Marni Banks drew the top seed in round 1. This time the meeting will be in round 2, if both win their openers (different top seed though - a strong Swiss girl, who got 7 games off the eventual Australian Open winner Clara Tauson last week) Boys R1 (L32) Felix Gill v Piotr Pawlak (POL) (WC) Mohamed...
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1671
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Boys & Girls: J1 Cuenca, Ecuador, clay (Week 5)
(Preview)
The COSAT Circuit moves to clay without Blu Baker, but Matilda Mutavdzic stays, and is seeded this week. Tournament names have been rebranded to incorporate the grade at the start (J1=Junior Grade 1). Boys R1 (L48) Mark Mandlik (USA) v Derrick Chen George Davis v Alfredo Casso (USA) Girls R1 (L48) (1...
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1543
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Boys & Girls: 2019 Australian Junior Open, hard - Grade A (Weeks 3/4)
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(Preview)
Emma Raducanu, Victoria Allen, Destinee Martins, Jacob Fearnley and Harry Wendelken should be in the main draw here, with Connor Thomson and James Story trying to join them. Both won their first qualifier earlier today, and play for a place in the main draw this evening with scores at http://scores...
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6465
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Boys & Girls: Les Petits As, France, indoor asphalt - U14 Category 1 (Week 4)
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(Preview)
Only 2 Brits were direct entries for the strong Les Petits As tournament this year, but they have been joined by 4 qualifiers. Live streaming from selected courts is available at https://www.lespetitsas.com/en/match-center/live/ The only Brits playing tomorrow, Luca Pow and Fabio Nestola, a...
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2654
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Boys & Girls: Viccourt Cup, Ukraine, indoor hard - Grade 2 (Week 4)
(Preview)
There is a glut of high grade events coinciding with the Australian Open, and there is a sizeable group of Brits here hoping to take advantage of a weaker than usual draw for a G2 Boys R1 (L32) Jack Pinnington Jones v (8) Timo Legout (FRA) (4) Oscar Weightman v Filip Krolo (GER) Leo Borg (SWE) v Peter Alam (...
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1519
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Boys & Girls: Copa Barranquilla, Colombia, hard - Grade 1 (Week 4)
(Preview)
A chance for Blu Baker to build on last week's fine run to a G1 semi. Matilda Mutavdzic is likely to meet her nemesis from Costa Rica in round 2 if she progresses today Boys R1 (L64) Alfredo Casso (USA) v (5) Blu Baker George Davis v (WC) Esteban Lopez (COL) Girls R1 (L64) (Q) Juliana Munhoz (BRA) v Matilda M...
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1515
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Other events - week 4
(Preview)
Israel, G4: R1 BOYS:Daniel WEBB (GBR) 6-4 6-4 Eduardo COHEN (ISR) [5] NZ, G4: R1 GIRLS:Jade OTWAY (NZL) [15] 6-1 7-5 Kiana MOKHTARI (GBR) Belgium, G5: R1 GIRLS:Jessica DHOME-CASANOVA (GBR) [5] 7-5 6-3 Lea MOUTON (BEL) R1 BOYS:Olivier ROJAS (BEL) [1] 6-1 6...
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Coup Droit
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Boys & Girls: ITF Junior FTT 1, Tunisia, hard - Grade 2 (Week 4)
(Preview)
Three Brits here, with two seeded, but Marni Banks cops the top seed Boys R1 (L32) Joseph White v (Q) Max Westphal (FRA) (7) Felix Gill v Jerome Kym (SUI) Girls R1 (L32) (1) Melania Delai (ITA) v Amarni Banks
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DavidC
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1541
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Girls: DKS ITF Juniors, India, clay - Grade 2 (Week 4)
(Preview)
Holly Fischer stays on for the final Indian G2, which moves to clay. Last week's winner Federica Sacco is in the opposite half of the draw to Holly. R1 (L32) (Q) Shuoran Wang (CHN) v (6) Holly Fischer
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951
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Boys & Girls: 55th Coffee Bowl, Costa Rica, hard - Grade 1 (Week 3)
(Preview)
Three Brits here for a G1, all playing Americans, and the seeded Blu Baker has notched up a win in one of the early matches Boys R1 (L64) (4) Blu Baker d. Spencer Whitaker (USA) 3-6 6-1 6-0 Derrick Chen v Alexander Bernard (USA) Girls R1 (L64) (4) Savannah Broadus (USA) v Matilda Mutzvdzic
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1772
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Other events - week 3
(Preview)
Excellent win for young Joel over the second see: UAE, G4: R1 BOYS:William NOLAN (GBR) 6-1 6-0 Veselin KISELKOV (BUL)Arthur FERY (GBR) [7] 6-2 2-6 6-2 Dmitry BEZBORODOV (KAZ)Joel PIERLEONI (GBR) 7-6(3) 6-4 Sina MOGHIMI (IRI) [2] R1 GIRLS:Lea MAGUN (SUI) [3] ...
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Boys: RPM Junior Open, Czech Republic, indoor carpet - Grade 1 (Week 3)
(Preview)
Sam Bossem comes smoothly through qualifying to make 3 Brits here R1 (L48) (16) Oscar Weightman bye (WC) Michal Kracman (CZE) v (Q) Sam Bossem Felix Gill v Fausto Tabacco (ITA)
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1591
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Boys & Girls: Bolton Junior International, indoor acrylic - U14 Category 1 (Week 3)
(Preview)
The traditional warm-up for Les Petits As has started, and a handful of Brits have survived the first two rounds. In the boys last 16 we have Fabio Nestola, seeded 8, Henry Searle (14) and Luca Pow (2). In the girls we have wildcard Hannah Read, who ousted the 4th seed today and Talia Neilson Gatenby. Li...
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1146
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Boys & Girls: AGL Loy Yang Traralgon Junior International, Australia, hard - Grade 1 (Weeks 2/3)
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(Preview)
Qualifying has begun for the Australian Open warm-up event. Jacob Fearnley, Harry Wendelken, Emma Raducanu, Destinee Martins and Victoria Allen should be in the main draw from Friday. Mixed results for our two in qualifying Boys QR1 (q12) Connor Thomson d. Javier Cueto Ramos (ESP) 6-4 6-3 (WC) Phi...
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4203
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Girls: India ITF Juniors - 2, hard - Grade 2 (Week 3)
(Preview)
The Indian series ramps up to a G2 with Holly Fischer unseeded. However her seeded round 1 opponent lost heavily to one of Holly's victims last week. Holly doesn't play until Tuesday R1 (L32) Holly Fischer v (7) Melissa Boyden (NED)
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1035
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Girls: India ITF Junior 1, hard - Grade 3 (Week 2)
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(Preview)
Last year winning Indian G3 and G2 events in January kickstarted Emma Raducanu's year. This time Holly Fischer goes down the same route, playing her first match since Wimbledon qualifying R1 (L32) Priyanshi Bhandari (IND) v (6) Holly Fischer
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2487
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Other events - week 2
(Preview)
In UAE, G4: BOYS R1:William NOLAN (GBR) 6-1 6-2 Oliver SAARINEN (FIN)Joel PIERLEONI (GBR) 6-3 6-3 Yerassyl MURAT (KAZ) [5]Arthur FERY (GBR) [7] 6-0 6-3 Vansh BHAGTANI (IND) Also, Ben Heynold is the 3rd seed in Germany, G5.
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Boys: The 26th Slovak Junior Indoor, hard - Grade 2 (Week 2)
(Preview)
Oscar Weightman tackles this G2 event R1 (L32) Oscar Weightman v Vitek Horak (CZE)
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Boys: SALK Open, Sweden, indoor hard - Grade 3 (Week 1)
(Preview)
Harry Wendelken has dropped down to a G3 to begin his year, before heading to Australia, and joins a big contingent of Brits here R1 (L32) (1) Harry Wendelken v (WC) Karl Fredrik Utheim (SWE) (Q) Finn Murgett v (8) Roni Mikael Hietaranta (FIN) (4) Benedikt Emesz (AUT) v Alexander Maggs Peter Alam v (5) C...
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1430
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Boys & Girls: 3C Payment Junior ITF 2019, Belgium - Grade 5 (Week 1)
(Preview)
A nice lot of juniors here this week. BOYS R1:Ali HABIB (GBR) 6-4 3-6 6-2 Guillaume JACOB (BEL)Theo ORTIS (FRA) 6-1 6-4 Ronan SAHNI (GBR) Thomas Smart is also in as a LL. GIRLS R1:Kylie BILCHEV (GBR) [1] 7-6(5) 6-3 Vanja GUDELJ (NED)Andrea PINEDA (GBR) 6-2 6-...
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